Escape Sequence Visualizer

Enter any text with escape sequences on the left, see the unescaped result on the right.\n

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Input (with escape sequences)

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Output (unescaped)

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Supports common escape sequences: \\n (newline), \\t (tab), \\r (carriage return), \\\\ (backslash), \\\", \\', \\b, \\f,\n \\v, \\0, \\xHH, \\uHHHH

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